Leah's Pesto Salad Dressing

Name: Leah's Pesto Salad Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2 , 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 20 fresh basil leaves (I walk out my front door and carefully pick each leaf off the live plant, that way you can have more); 2 garlic cloves; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper; 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese; 2 teaspoons honey; 2 tablespoons nuts; 1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil (plain olive oil will do)

Submitted by Pookatron

"This is a salad dressing that I absolutely Love. I have a few live basil plants (now the size of 'bushes' I suppose) and am always looking for ways to use it. I am eating some right now during my lunch break...it's a way to incorporate that lovely pesto flavor into your simple bibb lettuce salads."

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Ready In:: 5mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 2

ingredients

20 fresh basil leaves (I walk out my front door and carefully pick each leaf off the live plant, that way you can have more)
2 garlic cloves
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons honey
2 tablespoons nuts
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons balsamic vinegar
¹⁄₃ cup extra virgin olive oil (plain olive oil will do)

directions

Place all ingredients in food processor, making sure to at least peel the paper off of the garlic cloves.
Pulse to desired consistency, tasting as you go, adding ingredients to taste.
All amounts except basil leaves are guesstimates, as I make this almost every morning to go on my lunchtime salad.
I have used peanuts, pecans, hickory nuts, and the classic pine nuts. It's all good. Whatever you have on hand will work just fine. I like it to have a distinguishable zing, those with less tolerable palates may want to just use one garlic clove.